One of the most glorified lies of the 21st century is the ability to multitask well in order to get a maximum productivity.
It doesn’t work.
Research shows that, once interrupted, it takes the average human brain anywhere from 5-20 minutes to get back into the flow of whatever task you were engaged in before the interruption. Now imagine that happening 6-7 times a day.
No wonder the day is gone and you wonder where the heck it went!
One of the best ways I know to boost my productivity on workdays is to utilize a countdown timer during my focus time. I define Focus Time as my personal productivity time without any interruptions. It’s that sacred time of my workday that gives me the freedom to focus on the critical activities that only I can do.
A focus segment for me is 50 minutes in duration. I turn off my phone, shut down my email and lock my office door to prevent all disruptions.
Here are some of the activities I recommend you focus on if you decide to set aside prime time hours for yourself:
Strategic planning
Batching phone calls in one sitting
Contract evaluation
Email/web copywriting
Critical thinking
Mind mapping
Curriculum design
Audio/Video production
Putting aside 50 uninterrupted minutes a day, five days a week, adds up to about 188 hours a year of pure productivity. Try it for 3 weeks and you’ll be stunned at how much more productive you become.
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, your stress levels will decrease and your income will increase!
What To Do Now:Click here to get free instant access to my favorite online countdown timer. Then set aside 5 prime time fifty-minute segments next week. Report your progress by commenting on this blog post.
You may have heard it said times before, “The only problem you have is to think you have problems.” Those inconveniences, obstacles, and challenges that come your way, in life, and in business, can truly be an opportunity to reveal to yourself not only your own character, but to also stimulate you to use your resourcefulness and creativity. This is usually the way you discover a part of you that you never you had.
Sometimes the only way to know how far you can go is to go too far.
Here is an extraordinary example of a man who chooses to view his “problems” as gifts, and a resource to show the world that there are no limitations to what we can do.
Are you making the income you could be making in your business?Most entrepreneurs are talented, enthusiastic, and committed to their profession, but when it comes to marketing, they have little results to show.
I haven’t done a scientific study of this,but when interviewing new clients I’ve observed that their marketing ineffectiveness is almost always tied to this very common fear. Here are a few of the things I’ve heard over the past several years:
I don’t want to come off as pushy
Nobody is interested in hearing about my services
Word-of-mouth is the only way to get more clients
If I ask for referrals it will feel like I’m begging
Marketing is a bother and an interruption to people
People won’t want to listen to a talk I give
No one will read what I write, so why bother?
If you could surmount this one obstacle, you’d attract more clients, earn more money and make the difference you’ve always wanted to make. In this two part article, I will give you ways to overcome this fear of rejection and become a master of your marketing.
In my work with clients over many years, I’ve discovered two effective approaches to overcoming the fear of rejection. They work especially well if you use them in tandem. They are “Talk the Walk,” and “Shift the Story.” Below I will share the essence of these approaches and how you can start to apply them immediately to overcome your fear of rejection.
My daughter has chosen to stay home from summer camp this summer, and instead, spend her days by my side as my “assistant”/”apprentice”. So for the past several weeks, Sarah has been by my side, peering over my shoulder as I take business lunches and dinners (she files the receipts), learning Quickbooks and internet research, being my little VA So today, I wanted her to start off the week in reflection. I asked her to write an essay about the top 5 things she has learned this summer by hanging out with me.
One of the most glorified lies of the 21st century is the ability to multitask well in order to get a maximum productivity.
So today, I wanted her to start off the week in reflection. I asked her to write an essay about the top 5 things she has learned this summer by hanging out with me.
